Thanks!!
On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 2:39 PM, Stephen <
cryptworks@gmail.com> wrote:
> woot.
>
> On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 2:11 PM, Shawn Badger <shawn@badger.pro> wrote:
>> A quick google on the forcing permissions and I found this
>>
>> force create mode = 666
>>
>> I added it to my smb.conf and it works!!
>>
>> Thanks for the point in the right direction, evedently create mode
>> isn't enough by itself you need to add force in front of it.
>>
>>
>> Now the entry looks like:
>>
>>
>> [lab-test]
>> comment = Lab test
>> path = /mnt/lab-test
>> browseable = yes
>> public = yes
>> guest ok = yes
>> share modes = yes
>> force create mode = 666
>> directory mode = 777
>> writeable = yes
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 1:33 PM, Stephen <cryptworks@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> If that share is set to use specific permissions then the app cannot make
>>> them something else. So the trick is to force a specific set of permissions
>>> via samba. This I know can be done. Just cannot remember how I did it.
>>>
>>> On Jun 12, 2012 1:19 PM, "Shawn Badger" <shawn@badger.pro> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I have tried that form the smb.conf, but it seems to be overridden by the
>>>> app.
>>>> Here is the snipit from my smb.conf for the share:
>>>>
>>>> [lab-test]
>>>> comment = Lab test
>>>> path = /mnt/lab-test
>>>> browseable = yes
>>>> public = yes
>>>> guest ok = yes
>>>> share modes = yes
>>>> create mode = 666
>>>> directory mode = 777
>>>> writeable = yes
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Just so you know this is a test for a project I am working on, hence
>>>> the share comping from /mnt and the very laxed permissions. So please
>>>> no comments about it being really insecure.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 10:11 AM, Eric Shubert <ejs@shubes.net> wrote:
>>>> > On 06/12/2012 08:23 AM, Shawn Badger wrote:
>>>> >>
>>>> >> I have an Android tablet running Cyanogenmod 7 that is using
>>>> >> CifsManager to mount a share. That all works well, but the problem I
>>>> >> am having is when an application (Jotta Text editor in this case)
>>>> >> creates a file on the share it creates it with a 600 file permission,
>>>> >> but when I create it from a terminal it creates the file with a 666
>>>> >> file permission which is what I want. I am trying to figure out how to
>>>> >> change the way the application is saving the files. I have set the
>>>> >> smb.conf so the default file mode is 666 and also put file_mode=666
>>>> >> in the options for CifsManager, but the applications seem to ignore
>>>> >> those settings. Does anyone know how to get the applications (without
>>>> >> changing the modifying it) to stop overriding the default?
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > I usually control this on the server with the "create mask" option for
>>>> > the
>>>> > file share. I expect this would take precedence over whatever the
>>>> > clients
>>>> > may specify. YMMV of course, depending on versions etc.
>>>> >
>>>> > Note, permission bits can also be affected by how the server is
>>>> > configured
>>>> > (globally or per share) to map dos file attributes. If dos file
>>>> > attributes
>>>> > are a concern, I prefer storing them in the extended attributes area,
>>>> > instead of mapping them to *nix permission bits:
>>>> > map archive = no
>>>> > map hidden = no
>>>> > map read only = no
>>>> > map system = no
>>>> > store dos attributes = yes
>>>> > dos filemode = yes
>>>> >
>>>> > HTH.
>>>> >
>>>> > --
>>>> > -Eric 'shubes'
>>>> >
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